Process of making toilet and similar articles of pyroxylin



PROCESS OF MAKING TOILET AND SIMILAR ARTICLES OF PYBOXYLIN Filed Nov. l5. 1923 2 Sheecs-Shee't l "fvwm j G. R. FARRELL PROCESS OF MAKING TOILET AND SIMILAR ARTICLES OF PYROXYLIN Filed Nov, 1.5, 1923 2 smetwsha 2 Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

' u lliure!)l STATES GEORGE B.. FABRELL, LEOMINSTER. MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIIIGIN'OR,` BY MESNE -AS- PATEN T OFFICE.

SIGNMENTS, T STANDARD PYROXOLOID CORPORATION, 0F LEOMINST'EB, MASSA- CHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OIE'v MASSACHUSETTS.

PROCESS 0F MAKING-TOILET AND SIMILAR ARTICLES 0F PYROX'YLIN.

' Ap'pucauon mea Novemper 15, 192:.t serial No. 675,007.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it lmown that I, GEORGE'R. FARnnLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leominster, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Process of Making Toilet and Similar Articles of Pyroxylin, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the roduction of mirrors, brushes and other artlcles which have a front and back and aprojecting rim lall around the vedge ofgia. contrasting -to color or other appearance. j.The :articles thus.

made are furtherl describedand .cl'amedi in .15 my .copending `aptp'licatiori, i Serial No. 675,008.v A s hereto ore` mannfactured,.the front and-back have vusually beenvr made of thin sheets of pyroxylin heatedl and formed to shape while 'fthe central projectingrim was madeby placingA a. layer of contrast- -ing celluloid. betweenathem .throughout their surfaces.- .While this formeda L'solid fand durable constructionjt involved fthe y'. waste-l l great-deal ofigpyroxylinmaterial be. 25-cause1t was formed-entirelywof sheet of a.

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The'objects of thisinventio'n are to construct an: article'having the same appearance of comparatively thin sheetmaterial, 3o preferably pg'roxylin of one of the thinnest gauges, say or eiample-lO/IOOU of an inch in thickness, for the' front and back and saving in the material ofthe 'rim by using a mere outline thereof. Instead of .using a continuous sheet of' considera-bly thicker ma-.

terial for the projecting rim,l I make it merely of an outline strip of such material extending around'the article.V Another object' of'the invention isto enable me to 40 .finish the edge of the projecting sheet material in avery simple manner'withoui; cutting back ,any .of the 'front` and. back sur- C faces of the article. 1

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter. A Reference is to be had-totheaccompanying drawings, in which- ,the-Same; 'Fig'. 6 is an edge view of a hair brush constructed from the parts shown in the fir'st\ve.gures and shown partly in section; Fig. 7 isa and Fig. 8 is an edge view on enlarged scale of apart of the finished article. @This-invention can be applied to the man-A ufacture of hrushes, hand mirrors and vari- F 1g. 5I 1s a. transverse sectional view ofv transversaview of thesalne;

ous other articles. I have 'shownit' as applied to the makin of a brush.' In the first place,-

sheet pyroxy in of a thin gauge, Aas for ex ample of 40/1000 of an. inch in thickness, is cut out and shaped up in a die to form a back 10.V This back has-a` perimeter 11 incurved at its edge and extending upwardly at right angles from it so that the top surface 12 ofit is'lilat. In most cases this is located in a plane parallel with the main flat surface of the back 10.` A

' The front 13 of the article is made in the 'l same way ofthe same'shape, 'except vthat in the .case shown it is provided with persa `forations at 14 for the' brush tufts 15 as will 'appear flatjer.' These may be applied ata later. stade in the process.

: erably of metal having a' groove. 18 o 'the shape of the' desired article. In this groove In Fig'. 3 I ave illustrated a'die 17 l"ref-f' I 9F is placed a strip' v19 'ofpyroxylin of a vconsiderable thickness preferably between 1/16 and". 1/8 of 'an inch. It` is'heated and bent A ed ewise so as' to be received in this groove an then held therein by ressure from a fiat die or the like 'until 1t is setin this shape. .Then the ends are trimmed ofi' to fit each other and" cemented together so as .to form a continuous closed outline construction.r This strip 19 is then cemented along'the ilat edge 12 of one of the two members 10 and 13 Aas shown in Fig. 5. Then 1 ber 13 is provided witha de ression for receivingit and the glass ut into this depression in the usual way w 'ch can be vdone after theplastic material is inserted.

Itwill be seen that it is a convenient matter to round oil theedge of .the strip 19 and that the edges of the front and back 10 and 13 are rounded oil evenly and ac-v curately in the process of manufacture so that they do not have to be finished `inthis'. way. Furthermore, an im ortant advantage' is that the rounding o o the strip`19 does not necessitate the cutting back of the front and back 10 and 13V and they do not .have to be nished at all. As the plastic material 20 is comparatively' cheap, this constitutes a very material saving not only in the front and back but in This forms a v ry attractive article when the front and back are formed of grained or other comparatively plain white pyroxylin and the center strip '19 is made 'of-a contrasting color, as for example, amber, dark blue or the like. "The article has the appearance of being formed of solid pyroxylin and has all the weight and strength that. it would have 'if it were` so made and is just as durable and valuable in every way.

Although I' have illustrated and described only one method of procedure and one'article, I am aware of the fact that other articles of many kinds can be made in accordance with this process and that variations in the procedure can be introduced without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. Therem fore l do not wish to-be limited in these respects but what `I 'do claim is l., The method of.-making an `article of the character described which comprises shaping twosheets of tliinmaterialinto fiat form with an ncurved perimeter," vshaping to give it vthe desired finish as shown in Fig. 8.

If a mirror is to be made the front mem'-, hardening.

e central strip 19 as well.v

:i narrow lflat strip to conform to the outline of said perimeters but larger, uniting it to the incurved erimeter of one sheet so as to project there om all around, placing the other lsheet on the other side of said strip, uniting it thereto, and filling the space between the two sheets and within said strip with a plastic materia-1 capable of harden- 2. The method of making a toilet article which comprises shaping two 4sheets of thin material into flat form with an incurved perimeter having a flat surface in a plane parallel to the flat surface of the sheet', bending in a die a narrow flat stripin a plane to conform to the outline of said perimeters butlarger, uniting it to the incurved perimeter of one sheet so as to project uniformly therefrom, placing the other sheet on the other side of said strip, uniting it thereto, and fillin the space between the two sheets with a p astic material capable of 3. The method of making anarticle of the character described, which consistsin formin pyroxy 'n, bending' their perixneters4 outwardly from the plane thereof, a

narrow' strip of sheet pyroxylin of. a. similar outline and contrasting color between the edges of the back and front, said stri being of larger'outline than the back and ront so as to project therefrom all around, filling the space between the back and front with plastic materiahand rounding the projecting edfve of -the intermediate strip.

a front and back of thin sheet 4. The method of making a. hair brush,4

which' consists in forming a front and back of thin sheet pyroxylin,A carrying,v their perimeters outwardly from the plane thereof to termi-nate in a arallel plane, forming perforations throng the ront, placing tufts of bristles in the perforations so they project through, inserting a thicker narrow strip of sheet pyroxylin of a similar outline and contrastin color between the flat edges of the back and front so las to project therefrom all around, filling the space between the back and front and surrounding the inwardly projecting bristles with a sin le body of plastic material, and finishing t e progecting'ed e of the intermediate strip.

f 5. The met lod of makin the character described w ich comprises shaping two sheets of thin material into fiat anarticle of' form with an incnrved perimeter, shaping'a fiat sheet to conform to the outline of 'said perimeters but larger, uniting it to the incurved perimeter of one. sheet so as to 'project therefrom all around,placing the other .sheet on the. other side of said strip, uniting it thereto and fillin' the space between the two sheets with a p astiov material capable of hardening. y

6. The method of making an article of the charactef (lecrilxzd wl'ilen'"("'ornprises filling the s shaping two Sheets into gqtform, shaplng a, stri with narrow Hat strip to confiaba' to the outline 'har enng.

of said permeters Abut; l, ger, uniting it to pacefand Within saisi narrow n plastic 'material capable of In testimony whereof I have hereunto 6 one sheetso as to project 'therefrom ll. affixed my signature.

around, placing the other sheet on the other side of seidr strip, puntinxg' thereto, and- GEORGE R. FABRELL, 

